Inter-religious Dialogue

Inter-religious Dialogue between Catholics and non-Christian religions is governed by the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions, Nostra Aetate. It is the shortest of all of Vatican II’s documents, and it is not generally well-known among Catholics. However, it has been the cornerstone of improved relations between Christians, not just Catholics, and major world religions, in particular Judaism and the Jewish people (paragraph 4).